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ALBERT LEWIS BARTHELME JR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – April 15, 1970
Service recordAlbert Lewis Barthelme JR, of Towson, Maryland, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 5
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Towson, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 5
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- SANDRO NICHOLAS BARONEFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1970
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- JAY OWEN CLARKSONCorporal · April 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HERNDON ARRINGTON BIVENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 5
- ROSENDO MONTANASpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 8
- LARRY RAY SLAGLESpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 10
From Towson
- JOSEPH CYRIL MISSAR JRSecond Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.